“n. an enthusiasm for a particular activity or object which appears suddenly and achieves widespread but short-lived popularity.” from Oxford Languages
I must admit I do enjoy being under the influence of a craze from time to time. The all consuming, all encompassing feeling that blocks out reason & logic, and so resolved in having you do its bidding, is.. hypnotic…
It’s like being on a rocket, propelled up and up and up, soaring above the mundaneness of every day life, succumbing to the whims of whatever has taken ahold of you.
When life is filled with calculated and controlled actions, this sense of freedom is such a relief, however short-lived.